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    Cowrie Snails

    Actually, bc219's isn't a cowry, it's an ovulid. They have very different diets. The ovulids primarily feed on soft corals and gorgonians. The...
    Post by: pagojoe, Dec 21, 2008 in forum: Inverts
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    ID carnivore of a snail!

    I'm not an expert on buccinids in particular, but I spent some time trying to sort out the Indo-Pacific Pisania species some years ago. Yours...
    Post by: pagojoe, Dec 21, 2008 in forum: ID This!
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    ID carnivore of a snail!

    Hi Phoenix, It's a true buccinid whelk, in the genus Pisania. There are several species in this family that aren't depicted on the net, and some...
    Post by: pagojoe, Dec 21, 2008 in forum: ID This!
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    Snail ID

    It may be a Stomatella that's lost the rear half of its foot recently. The first pic is in focus enough, but you really need more views than that...
    Post by: pagojoe, Dec 19, 2008 in forum: ID This!
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    Nudi Branch slug

    Chromodorids eat sponges, so they won't eat your corals, however...they are very specific in their dietary requirements. They will only eat specific...
    Post by: pagojoe, Dec 17, 2008 in forum: Inverts
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    rabbit ear slug thing any ideas?

    You're probably going to have to catch him and take his pic in a dish of water to get a good ID on him. The antennae look like either a nudibranch...
    Post by: pagojoe, Dec 8, 2008 in forum: ID This!
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    Clam Scalop ?

    It's not a clam or a scallop, but it probably is an oyster. I can't really tell whether it's in the pearl oyster family, the hammer oyster family,...
    Post by: pagojoe, Dec 7, 2008 in forum: ID This!
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    Do olive snails eat Nassarius snails?

    For Anne: live oliva sayana - Google Image Search The top row, except for the first image, shows examples of living Olive Snails. Most of the...
    Post by: pagojoe, Dec 3, 2008 in forum: Inverts
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    Do olive snails eat Nassarius snails?

    Yep, they are very effective snail predators. They don't kill every snail they chase (the FIRST time) but they'll eventually catch most of your...
    Post by: pagojoe, Dec 3, 2008 in forum: Inverts
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    Cerith snails?

    I always tend to assume that aquarists' snails are Indo-Pacific hitchhikers, but I notice you're in Florida. If you collected them locally, they are...
    Post by: pagojoe, Nov 28, 2008 in forum: Inverts
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    Cerith snails?

    They are ceriths for sure. There is one species from the west coast of Mexico that looks similar to those, and a couple species from the...
    Post by: pagojoe, Nov 28, 2008 in forum: Inverts
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    Cone Snails anyone?

    LOL they're not all that quick, but you need to know what you're doing if you get one. You need to know stuff like... what the proboscis looks like,...
    Post by: pagojoe, Nov 22, 2008 in forum: Inverts
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    Nudibranch life span???

    OK, if he tells you they eat algae or anything other than specific sponges, he's WRONG :) Cheers again, Don
    Post by: pagojoe, Nov 16, 2008 in forum: Inverts
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    Nudibranch life span???

    Read this link, and the related ones following it: The Sea Slug Forum - Hypselodoris bullocki It will give you some info on the type of...
    Post by: pagojoe, Nov 16, 2008 in forum: Inverts
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    Snail... evil or not?

    Hi BC, It will be host-specific, so it's not going to feed on anything else in your tank. One of them might be able to feed on it without killing...
    Post by: pagojoe, Nov 13, 2008 in forum: ID This!
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    Snail... evil or not?

    Here's a photo claimed to be that species by the photographer. May be pretty close:...
    Post by: pagojoe, Nov 12, 2008 in forum: ID This!
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    Snail... evil or not?

    Hmm, there are several Prionovolva species that are banded and simlar, but yours appears to have a yellow background. I have some live animal photos...
    Post by: pagojoe, Nov 12, 2008 in forum: ID This!
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    Snail... evil or not?

    Yep, it's an ovulid, probably a Prionovolva or Primovula species, and is feeding on your carnation. They are notoriously difficult to ID to the...
    Post by: pagojoe, Nov 12, 2008 in forum: ID This!
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    Help this snail has killed my blenny

    Hi Kiarah, The snail is Babylonia spirata, a relative of the whelks. Babylonia spirata As some others noted, they are primarily scavengers,...
    Post by: pagojoe, Nov 12, 2008 in forum: ASAP
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    Snail... evil or not?

    That's a pretty awesome little snail. No need to look through the Sea Slug Forum species list, I don't think, unless it incidentally got there as...
    Post by: pagojoe, Nov 12, 2008 in forum: ID This!
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